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Meet me on Mercer Street volume 1
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"Aspiring artist Kacie spends most of her time on Mercer Street with her best friend Nisha, but one day Nisha and her family are gone, and Kacie struggles to understand the changes happening to her street and neighborhood, and what they mean for her life."--
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We seem to be stuck, staring at insurmountable challenges. The pandemic is the opening act for climate change, and we need to get much better at anticipating and preparing for these types of challenges. Simply rebuilding bridges once they fall, or houses once they are swept away, is both expensive and risks human lives. Anticipation and preparation costs more now, but is much less costly over time.
We have managed-or at least reacted to-the Aids...
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"Society stands on the brink of catastrophic, irreversible climate change. Meanwhile, decades of progress in the fight to end extreme poverty is being undone and reversed. Businesses, governments, citizens, celebrities, foundations, NGOs and even the United Nations have all struggled individually to address these issues. Yet, although these challenges can appear insurmountable, policy solutions do exist that can drive measurable impact for millions...
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"The title character's wry, sad, and insightful inner voice is the star here. Her meditations on grief, death, love, and duty are full of poetry and longing. Perfect for literary-fiction fans, especially those who enjoyed other extraordinary novels about ordinary people." —Library Journal, starred review
Debut novelist Wenyan Lu brings us this witty yet profound story about one woman's midlife reawakening...
Debut novelist Wenyan Lu brings us this witty yet profound story about one woman's midlife reawakening...
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Español
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Este libro analiza las principales consecuencias del calentamiento global: el cambio climático y su impacto sobre las poblaciones vulnerables. Revisa también sus resultados y centra su atención en la migración forzada (permanente, temporal y estacional), consecuencia del estrés hídrico, la desertificación, la inseguridad alimentaria, la elevación del nivel del mar por la desglaciación, la abundancia de lluvias torrenciales, la aparición...
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"Vanishing Peaks" is a compelling journey into the heart of our planet's cryosphere, shedding light on the profound impact of climate change on global snowpack. This book offers a meticulous exploration of how snowpack, a critical freshwater source, is undergoing dramatic transformations. Beginning with an engaging explanation of snowpack formation and its ecological significance, the narrative seamlessly weaves into the intricate details of climate...
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The world is at strangest of times; experiencing the harshest of temperatures, the weakest rainfall, the strongest floods, and the fiercest of silent wars. The earth is crying, but just a few can hear her wail at the feet of climate change and food insecurity. We are witnessing the incessant and daily drum beats from the media insisting that the disasters occurring are the results of 'Climate Change' caused by human activity, fossil fuels etc; is...
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Let all of us work together to save the Earth. Time is of the essence right now. Everyone needs to be "all in" to repair the damage of climate change and damage to the environment on our Earth.
One Earth, Earth was created for all
life not just human life.
Never underestimate the backlash of
nature.
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Through the Looking Glass: A Citizen's Do-It-Yourself Guide to Climate Science takes readers deep into the 'science' of climate science to reveal the fanciful, Alice in Wonderland nature of its assumptions and conclusions-its ability to believe 'six impossible things before breakfast.'Readers can check for themselves-hence a 'do-it-yourself' guide-that temperature readings of the last seventy years do not correlate with the increase in carbon-dioxide...
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Die Klimakrise und ihre Folgen sind mittlerweile knallharte Realität. Die Politik hat daher begonnen, Maßnahmen zur Lösung der Klimakrise zu ergreifen. Unternehmer und Unternehmen als treibende Wirtschaftskraft werden als wesentliche Akteure bei der Lösung der Klimakrise und als Adressaten für Verantwortung gesehen.
Doch wie hat die Politik bisher auf die Klimakrise reagiert? Erfahren Sie, welche nationalen und internationalen klimapolitischen...
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Kulturell greift die Neuzeit im Abendland – nach Überwindung christlicher Dogmen – auf das Vorbild der Antike zurück, beginnt wieder zu forschen. Materiell setzt die Spätzeit Mensch und Natur in größerem Maßstab ein, ausbeutend und im Sinne zivilisatorischen Fortschritts und Wohlstands. Das technische Zeitalter der Römer wiederholen wir seit 250 Jahren im Abendland, geraten aber durch Wachstum an Grenzen, in einen nicht umkehrbaren Klimawandel....
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"As the owner of Twisted, Seattle's best salons, Erica knows that the sharpest cuts come from the people we love. She's terrified that she's losing her teen daughter, Summer, to her "other" family, especially to her stepmom, Allison. All it takes to blow up Allison's happy life is one collect call. From prison. Her beloved husband, Peter, has been arrested, leaving Allison pregnant, broke, scared and alone with a toddler. But when her stepdaughter...
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"As we emerge from the past few years of collective upheaval, are we ready to face the complexities of our time with joy, authenticity, and connection? Now, more than ever, we must learn to heal ourselves, connect with each other, and embody our values. In this revolutionary book, Prentis Hemphill shows us how. Becoming the People of Our Time argues that the principles of embodiment awareness-the awareness of our body's sensations, habits, and the...
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How can religion help to understand and contend with the challenges of climate change?
Understanding Climate Change through Religious Lifeworld,edited by David Haberman, presents a unique collection of essays that detail how the effects of human-related climate change are actively reshaping religious ideas and practices, even as religious groups and communities endeavor to bring their traditions to bear on mounting climate challenges.
People of...
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Houston is doomed. New Orleans is sinking. All of southern Florida is likely to be devastated by massive flooding.Over the past 50 years, sea surface temperatures in the Gulf of Mexico have risen 69% faster than global sea surface temperatures, which are rising themselves as the planet warms. As this trend continues, communities along and near the Gulf of Mexico will experience an increase in destructive hurricanes with related problems of storm surge,...
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The book covers the hazards we face today as our democratic institutions are being challenged to their very foundation. Lies and how they have influenced the public and created a society of hate, policies and laws that reinforce it even against children. It touches on today's idiocy of our unregulated guns and the mayhem they have created. How just one industry knowingly created the effects of climate change the world and millions of its people are...
18) War of the wind
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Neem Tree Press
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2024.
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On a remote Scottish island, Max loses his hearing in a boating accident. Struggling to make sense of his new life, and resenting being put into the 'special' class at school, he notices changes taking place after a new wind farm is constructed off the island's coast. People have become irritable and unpredictable, and acts of violence threaten to tear the community apart. For the turbines are being used to test out a new soundwave weapon. Unaffected...
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"The Funeral Cryer long ago accepted the mundane realities of her life: avoided by fellow villagers because of the stigma attached to her job and underappreciated by her husband, whose fecklessness has pushed the couple close to the brink of breakup. But just when things couldn't be bleaker, she takes a leap of faith--and in so doing, things start to take a surprising turn for the better"--
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A Harvard-trained sociologist (and vegan), exploring the history of the vegan movement and its present-day tensions, grapples with the most fundamental questions of all: Is there a truly ethical way to eat?, which results in an eye-opening portrait of how social change happens, with profound implications for our plates--and our planet.
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